Universal faucet.



W. J. BERGENS.

UNIVERSAL FAUCET.

W. l. BERGENS.

UNIVERSAL FAUCET. APPLICATION FILED AuG.2o, 19|?.

l ,268%3 1 6 Patented June 4, 1918.

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NI' JIIIIIII IIII I I IIIIIIIIII MIMI I- v I lim-II IIIIIIIIgwl 'run srarae 'earn WILLIAM J'. :BERG-ENS, 0F MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN, ASSIG-NOR TO iUNIVERSAL FAUCET COMPANY, 0F MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN, A

CORPORATION rOF MICHIGAN.

UNIVERSAL FAUCET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June et, i918.

To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. BERcnNs, a citizen of the United States of America,

land a resident of Muskegon, in the county of rection of the iuid through the faucet, and

has for its various objects 1 To provide a structural formation and association of parts adapted for use, without alteration or refitting, in connection with various operating means such as the oscillating handle, slow-thread, quick-thread, cam or push-button, commonly employed in plumbers faucets. And with which the parts entering into the internal structure of the faucet can be readily standardized so as to be interchangeable in the various styles and types of faucets to which the invention is applied, the valve seat of the structure being capable of removal and replacement through the front or to opening of the faucet casing, thus enablm the ready application of the invention to t at form of concealed faucets in which all but the stuiing nut and operating handle are arranged out of view.

To provide a structure in which the mov- I able valve member closes with the pressure, and in which a spring employed to maintain a packing ring in place around the valve stem is also adapted to-move the movable valve member toa closed position in the absence of iiuidpressure, and with which the parts in yassembled relation areI adapted to maintain the operating means or handle in proper operative position regardless of sub-- the water supply pipe usually employed in connection with water faucets. All of which objects will hereinafter more fully appear. In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of a basin faucet embodying the present invention.

Fig. 2, is a detail perspective View of the free end of the valve stem, its adjustable nut and the locking means between said members, the parts being shown in a detached condition. v

Fig. 3, isa central longitudinal sectional elevation illustrating the invention applied to a wall faucet.

Fig. 4, is a detail section of a modification and illustrating the invention in connection with an oscillating lever as the operating means.

Fig. 5, is a detail section illustrating the invention in connection with a rotary cam as the operating means.

Fig. 6, is a similar view illustrating the invention in connection .with a slow-screw wholly in the casing l, as shown in Fig. 3, n

both constructions beingv common in plumbers faucets and the like.

G -designates the usual outlet nozzle of the casing 1, and having communication with the outlet chamber 3 thereof.-

7 designates a guide neck on the faucet casing l, formed with ac cylindrical guide bore, open at its upper end, and closed by the usual cap nut or gland 8. The aforesaid guide bore is adapted to receive and guide the hereinafter described guide head 9 of the valve stem of the faucet, and said bore is separated from the outlet chamber 3 by a partition 10 formed with a central screwthreaded orifice which receives the adjustable bushing 1l hereinafter described.

12 designates the valve seat of the faucet, and which in the present improvement 1s formed by a screw-threaded bushing which screws into a central screw-threaded orifice in the transverse partition 2 aforesaid. Said bushing is provided with a stop fiange 13 adapted to properly position the valve seat or bushing 12 in the assemblage of the parts. The stop iiange 13 is preferably arranged at the upper end of said bushing as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, so that the bushing can be removed and replaced through the bore of the ide neck 7 aforesaid, without necessitating a detachment of the faucet casing 1 from the water supply pipe, the arrangement having merit in the concealed type of water faucets now in general use.

The adjustable bushing 11 above referred to, is externally screw-threaded and is adapted for adjustment in the screw-threaded orilice of the partition 10 in a direction to and from the valve seat or bushing 12, so as to vary the area of the water passage between the parts and thus regulate the flow of water through the 'faucet and avoid the usual pounding due to sudden checking of the flow of water from the faucet. Said bushing 11 is provided at its upper end with a marginal flange 14, or other like provision, by means of which it may be turned to effect an adjustment, and in addition said bushing isl formed with a central open top cavity adapted to receive an annular packing or washer 15 surrounding the stem of the movable valve member hereinafter described, and adapted to prevent leakage along the same.

16 designates a spring surrounding the valve stem above referred to, and having abutment at one end against the washer 15, and at the other end against the guide head 9 aforesaid. The resiliency of said spring 16 is adapted to maintain the washer 15 in place.

17 designates the movable valve member or head of any usual and suitable construction, `arranged beneath the valve seat or bushing 12 aforesaid, and adapted to close agalnst the same in the direction of the How of fluid through the faucet. rIhe valve member or head 17 is provided with a valve stem 18 the upper end of which is screw-threaded for engagement with the adjustable guide head 9 abovereferred to. Said guide head 9 is adjustable on said stem, and is locked at the required adjustment by a spring pin 19 engaging in transverse grooves 20 in the parts as shown, or by other ordinary means adapted to prevent independent turning movement between the parts. yThe said guide head 9 in a closed condition of the valve head 17, has abutting engagement with the manually actuated operating means of the faucet and is operated thereby and in turn imparts an opening movement to the valve head 17.

In Figs. 1 and 3, a push buttonor plug 21, is shown as the operating means above referredto. In Fig. 4, an oscillating handle 22 is shown as the operating means. In Fig. 5, a handled cam disk, 23, constitutes the Voperating means. In Fig. 6, a handled slowpitch screw plug 24, is shown as the operating means, while in Fig. 7, a handled quickpitch screw plug 25 constitutes such means.

Having thus fully described ymy said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a faucet of the type described, the combination of a casing having an outlet chamber a wall of which is formed with a central orifice, a valve seat or bushing tted in said orifice and removable through the outlet chamber, a valve head closing against the underside of said valve seat and having a valve stem extending through the outlet chamber, an adjustable head having screwthreaded connection with one end of said valve stem and provided with a diametric groove in its upper end, a spring locking pin arranged in said groove, the end of the valve stem having a transverse groove for engagement with said pin, and manually actuated means engaging said head and adapted to effect an opening. movement of said valve head, substantially as set forth.

2. In a faucet of the type described, the

combination of a casing having an outlet chamber and a guide neck formed with a cylindrical guide bore ending at its lower end with a screw-threaded vorifice communicating with the outlet chamber aforesaid, a wall of the outlet chamber having a central orifice, a bushing tted in said central orifice, a valve head closing against the underside of said bushing and having a4 valve stem extending through the outlet chamber and into the guide neck aforesaid, manually actuated means for im arting an opening movement to the valve ead, and an adjustable bushing screwed into the screwthreaded orifice of the aforesaid cylindrical bore and adapted to vary the area of the outlet space adjacent to the valve-seat, substantially as set forth.

3. In a faucet of the type described, the combination of a casing having anl outlet chamber and a guide neck formed with a cylindrical guide bore ending at its lower end with a screw-threaded orifice communicating with the outlet chamberaforesaid, a wall of the outlet chamber having a central orice, a bushing fitted in said central oriflee, a valve head closing against the underside of said bushing and having a valve stem extending through the outlet chamber and into the guide neck aforesaid, manually actuated means for imparting an opening movement to the valve head, an adjustable bushing tting the screw-threaded orifice of the aforesaid cylindrical bore and having an open top cavity in its upper end, and a packing washer disposed in said cavity and surrounding the valve stem, substantially as set forth.

4. In a faucet of the type described, the

' combination of a casing having an outlet neck formed with a chamber and a guide ending at its lower cylindrical guide bore end with a screw-threaded orifice communicating with the outlet chamber aforesaid, a wall of the outlet chamber having a central orifice, a bushing tted in said central oriice,a valve head closing against the underof August, 1917.

WILLIAM J. BERGEN S.

screw-threaded orifice its upper end, a packl 

